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Date:	Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:29:00 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	anisse@...ier.eu
Cc:	xemul@...allels.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Default UDP and UNIX diag to 'n'.

From: Anisse Astier <anisse@...ier.eu>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:51:20 +0100

> On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:37:51 +0400, Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com> wrote :
> 
>> >> diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
>> >> index 1a8f93b..43e1439 100644
>> >> --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
>> >> +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
>> >> @@ -410,8 +410,12 @@ config INET_TCP_DIAG
>> >>  	def_tristate INET_DIAG
>> >>  
>> >>  config INET_UDP_DIAG
>> >> +	tristate "UDP: socket monitoring interface"
>> >>  	depends on INET_DIAG
>> >> -	def_tristate INET_DIAG && IPV6
>> > This broke earlier patch 
>> > b872a2371ffd13e6d83423ef621a707df4c158ac "udp_diag: Make it module when ipv6 is a module",
>> > which brings back the compilation error when compiling linus master (v3.3-rc2+):
>> > 
>> > net/built-in.o: In function `udp_dump_one':
>> > udp_diag.c:(.text+0x59852): undefined reference to `__udp6_lib_lookup'
>> > 
>> > 
>> >> +	default n
>> >> +	---help---
>> >> +	  Support for UDP socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool.
>> >> +	  If unsure, say Y.
>> >>  
>> 
>> I assume you have CONFIG_IPV6=m and CONFIG_INET_UDP_DIAG=y, right?
> 
> That's correct.
> 
>> This one should fix the issue, you'll not be able to set it to Y when
>> IPV6 is M.
> 
> Indeed, it fixes the issue, but it also prevents using UDP_DIAG without
> IPv6 (just like the previous patch I guess.). Not a problem for me.

I don't think the previous code prevented udp_diag w/o ipv6, and requiring
ipv6 for udp_diag is not acceptable so this patch needs to be updated to
allow that.

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